Matt Damon

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Matt Damon’s acting career was launched with the surprise hit “Good Will Hunting,” which he co-wrote and starred in with childhood friend Ben Affleck. The 1997 film earned Damon a lead actor Oscar nomination and Damon and Affleck the Academy Award for original screenplay.

Damon went on to play a broad variety of roles in such films as “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” the Farrelly brothers’ comedy “Stuck on You,” “Syriana” and Martin Scorsese’s best picture Oscar-winner “The Departed.” In a 2009 acting double-header, he appeared in Steven Soderbergh’s “The Informant!” and Clint Eastwood’s “Invictus,” for which Damon was Oscar-nominated for supporting actor.